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EMF AND MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS – Uganda’s Experience

EMF AND MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS – Uganda’s Experience. BY Helen N Sekasala Environment Management Officer Uganda Communications Commission 27 th July 2010. Content. General information Status quo Interventions Lessons learnt/Challenges Future endeavours. General Information.

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EMF AND MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS – Uganda’s Experience

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  1. EMF AND MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS – Uganda’s Experience BY Helen N Sekasala Environment Management Officer Uganda Communications Commission 27th July 2010

  2. Content • General information • Status quo • Interventions • Lessons learnt/Challenges • Future endeavours

  3. General Information

  4. Status Quo Public concern Activists groups Media coverage Political pressure Precaution Role clarity

  5. Status Quo • Other main causes of public concern • Generator fumes, noise and vibrations • Falling masts • Conflict • Visual impact • Land degradation • Property devaluation

  6. Intervention Legal framework; Governing laws and Standards • Collaborations • Complaints handling and investigations • Monitoring • Sensitisation

  7. Lessons Learnt/Challenges • Communication • Restricted enforcement • Capacity building • Consistency • Stakeholders’ partnership • Mast sharing

  8. Future Endevours • Adoption of the ICNIRP standards • Research • Capacity building • Guidelines in place to ensure safety as well as business

  9. THANK YOU

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